All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 7-8
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Napapijri has reopened a store in Milan, but at a...
Napapijri has reopened a store in Milan, but at a different location on Corso Vercelli
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Patagonia has promoted Lisa Williams to the position of...
Patagonia has promoted Lisa Williams to the position of chief product officer, with responsibility for all aspects of design, line management, merchandising, inventory and product marketing. She has been with Patagonia since 2001, acting most recently as vice president of global design and merchandising, after taking care of specific segments ...
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Millet has opened its first store in Germany as a...
Millet has opened its first store in Germany as a temporary shop-in-shop in Globetrotter's store in Frankfurt. The French brand will occupy 165 square meters in the store until Feb. 16, 2016. It will organize a slackline challenge and start a testing center in October. Meanwhile, Columbia opened a shop-in-shop ...
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Silvia Felt, who has a record of several years in...
Silvia Felt, who has a record of several years in the sports and outdoor business with Vaude, Adidas and the Oberalp Group, has been appointed as Silva's commercial manager for Germany
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The North Face and REI Foundation will be presenting sponsors...
The North Face and REI Foundation will be presenting sponsors of the Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge, an initiative of the Outdoor Foundation in the U.S. that connects college students and their communities to the outdoors. The six-week competition will take place in early September, at the start of the autumn ...
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New top executives for Patagonia Europe
Patagonia has strengthened its European team, hiring new top-level managers for its new European office in Amsterdam and in key markets. These and other investments in marketing and sustainability are meant to make the Patagonia brand “more relevant” in a region that still represents only about 10 percent of its ...
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Vibram will use a mobile van during the World Fair...
Vibram will use a mobile van during the World Fair starting in Milan in September to allow visitors to choose the preferred sole for their shoes, personalizing them or improving their performance
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Textile Exchange has released an updated version of its Responsible Down Standard
Textile Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to the expansion of sustainability across the global textile value chain, has announced the release of the latest version of its Responsible Down Standard (RDS). Officially launched in January 2014, the RDS is a third-party certification animal welfare and traceability standard for down and ...
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Jean-Michel Herrault has left the position of managing director...
Jean-Michel Herrault has left the position of managing director for Deckers France, the sales subsidiary that he had set up in 2010, after working for 13 years a president of Eider. He will not be replaced, in line with the recent reorganization of European operations by brand rather than by ...
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Hoka One One has signed up a legendary Ironman, Dave...
Hoka One One has signed up a legendary Ironman, Dave Scott, who won six world triathlon championships between 1980 and 1987, as one of the brand's ambassadors. He is one of six triathletes who have joined the brand's roster of professional athletes. The others are another former Ironman champion, Leanda ...
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Crocs and George Fisher use drones
While Amazon is testing the use of helicopter drones to transport books rapidly to customers in the U.S., Crocs used a commercially available type of drone last month to transport shoes at a pop-up store in Tokyo, and George Fisher, the leading outdoor retailer in the English Lake District, is ...
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Karl Heinz Salzburger, vice president of VF Corporation and president...
Karl Heinz Salzburger, vice president of VF Corporation and president of its international operations since January 2011, is set to join the board of directors of Luxottica at the company's annual meeting next month
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VF Corp. has promoted Scott A. Roe to the role...
VF Corp. has promoted Scott A. Roe to the role of vice president and chief financial officer, with effect from Apr. 1. He succeeds Robert K. Shearer who is retiring after 28 years of service for the company. Roe has been with with VF for 18 years, acting most recently ...
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VF Corp. has struck a strategic partnership with FibeRio Technology...
VF Corp. has struck a strategic partnership with FibeRio Technology Corporation for the joint development of proprietary, high-performance nanofiber materials for the group's apparel, footwear and jeanswear. VF notes that FibeRio's Forcespinning technology has the unique advantage of producing advanced nanofiber textiles in high volumes, using a melt spinning process ...
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Patagonia wants to give its contribution to the completion of...
Patagonia wants to give its contribution to the completion of the Patagonia National Park, located in the Patagonian region, shared by Argentina and Chile. The outdoor brand has presented Mile for Mile, a 15-minute film celebrating the Patagonian landscape through the sport of trail running, in an effort to attract ...
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Greenlight Planet, a company delivering innovative energy solutions to people...
Greenlight Planet, a company delivering innovative energy solutions to people with no access to electricity, is now entering the outdoor market by offering three versions of its Sun King lamps in the U.S. Greenlight Planet developed in 2005 from an idea by T. Patrick Walsh, a student of the University ...
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Two multi-brand companies get together in the U.S.
Exxel Outdoors, a company based in Boulder, Colorado, has taken over American Recreation, the multi-brand company that owns the Kelly, Sierra Designs, Slumberjack and Wezel brands of outdoor products, among others. Exxel, which is known for its U.S.-made sleeping bags, Colorado, is said to be considering manufacturing some of American ...
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Columbia Sportswear is launching its Performance Fishing Gear range in...
Columbia Sportswear is launching its Performance Fishing Gear range in Germany through Fisherman's Partner, which has 45 stores around the country as well as an online store. The American outdoor group's brand of fishing products is sold exclusively through this retailer's franchises in Germany. Fisherman's Partner has about 60 stores ...
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Lord Sebastian Coe will kick off the European Outdoor Summit...
Lord Sebastian Coe will kick off the European Outdoor Summit at its next edition on Oct. 13-15 in Sheffield, England. Lord Coe, a prominent British politician and former Olympic track field champion, led London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games and chaired the organizing committee. As previously ...
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The Vaude group expands further in clothing
Edelrid, the climbing equipment brand bought by Vaude in 2006, has acquired the assets and the brand name of Monkee, a small seven-year-old German brand of technical climbing apparel that uses sustainable materials. It will only rehire one or two of Monkee's employees. The company's office in Nuremberg will be ...
